Steven Mackay

Steven Mackay (born 26 June 1981) is a Scottish football manager and former player who currently manages Highland Football League club Brora Rangers.[2]

Not to be confused with Gary Mackay-Steven, another Scottish footballer.
Steven Mackay
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-06-26) 26 June 1981
Place of birth Inverness,[1] Scotland
Position(s) Secondary striker
Club information
Current team
 Brora Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005 Ross County 92 (4)
2000 → Elgin City (loan) 5 (0)
2002 → Elgin City (loan) 11 (2)
2005–2006 Forres Mechanics (0)
2006–2007 Elgin City 35 (4)
2007–2008 Peterhead 17 (2)
2008–2009 Elgin City 38 (3)
2009–2012 Nairn County 115 (83)
2012–2020 Brora Rangers
2020 →Invergordon (loan) 3 (1)
Teams managed
2018– Brora Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2018

Playing career

Mackay began his career with Ross County, for whom he made 92 appearances over seven seasons in the Scottish League,[3] which included five seasons in the First Division.[4] He also played in the lower divisions of the league for Elgin City and Peterhead, and for Highland League clubs Forres Mechanics[5] and Nairn County.[6]

He signed for Brora Rangers in 2012,[7] and won the Highland League title with them in the 2013–14 season [8] and 2014-15 season. In the play offs Brora won the chance for promotion to the Scottish Football League for the first time in their history, but with Brora ahead Mackay was sent off and they lost.[9] He then won the Highland League Cup with the club the following year and won the North of Scotland Cup on 4 occasions as a Brora player.

Mackay breifly had a one month loan spell at the end of 2020 with North Caledonian League club Invergordon F.C. with Brora Rangers season yet to start.[10]

Managerial career

MacKay became player-manager at Brora Rangers in May 2018.[11] In October 2019, Mackay lead the club to another North of Scotland Cup and his first as manager, beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3-2 in the final.[12] In his second season in charge of Brora Rangers he was named Highland League Manager of The Year[13] as the club were awarded the title following a vote of the league's member clubs in the incomplete 2019–20 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.[14] He retired from playing duties to focus on management in December 2020 following a 5-1 victory over Wick Academy in which he scored the last of his 210 goals for the club.[15]

Honours

Player
Ross County

Third Division (fourth tier): 1998–99

Nairn County

League Cup: 2010-11[16]

Brora Rangers

Highland Football League: 2013–14, 2014–15

League Cup: 2015–16

North of Scotland Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18

Manager
Brora Rangers

Highland Football League: 2019–20*

North of Scotland Cup: 2019-20

*Awarded following a vote of the league's member clubs. Season 2019–20 was incomplete due to the coronavirus pandemic.

References
  1. "Brora Rangers Team Manager". Brora Rangers Staff -Team Manager.
  2. "Managerial Team – Brora Rangers Football Club". Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. "Steven Mackay | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2004/2005 | 1998-2008 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. "Games played by Steven Mackay in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. "Steven Mackay | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2004/2005 | 1998-2008 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  6. "Steven Mackay | Player Statistics | Nairn County (Nairn County Archive)". www.nairncountyarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. "New signings relish the challenge at Brora Rangers". Northern Times. Golspie, Sutherland. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  8. Edwards, Dave (5 July 2014). "Brora Rangers captain can't wait to face Rangers". Press and Journal. Aberdeen. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  9. Parks, Gordon (2015-05-17). "Montrose 3 Brora 1: No divine intervention needed as Montrose secure SPFL status". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  10. "Brora Rangers manager and assistant manager sign for Invergordon". RossShire Journal. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  11. "Brora Rangers FC - Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  12. "HFLhub". www.hflhub.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  13. "Brora boss Mackay dedicates Highland League manager of the year honour to coaching team". JohnOGroat Journal. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  14. "Highland League title awarded to Brora". Grampian Online. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  15. Law, Callum. "Brora Rangers boss Steven Mackay delighted 'final farewell' to playing career went as planned with goal". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  16. "Fraserburgh 0 - 4 Nairn County | Saturday, May 14th, 2011 | Match Details (Nairn County Archive)". www.nairncountyarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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